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It would have nudged people in the direction of using direct descendants much more of the time, which is a Good Thing, as they are far easier to optimise, and a
by chrismorgan 6y ago
It would have nudged people in the direction of using direct descendants much more of the time, which is a Good Thing, as they are far easier to optimise, and are much less likely to match things by accident.
- the_other 6y agoThat would have made applying broad strokes design choices much harder, and is generally less useful. CSS is general-first, specific second. Making people use direct descendants more often would make stylesheets more verbose and complicated. It would have stymied the power and expressivity of the language.
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